July 2, 2010--Tampa Bay, Florida--The Tampa Action Group (TBAG), a
decentralized collective of anarchists and neo-maroons from across the
urban and swampy reaches of Florida, has begun organizing to confront
the Republican National Convention when it arrives in Tampa Bay,
Florida in August of 2012. "We intend to shut the event down. The
Republicans, like their Democratic counterparts, have carried on the
tradition of wholesale exploitation of the planet, costing the lives of
millions of people and other critters for the sake of profit, greed,
and consumerism. The powers that be have left us with war,
deforestation, exploitation and a techno-dystopia far worse (and
especially far more boring) than any sci-fi book could foretell. We
promise to confront them in the streets of Tampa Bay armed with the
ferocity of a swamp panther in heat," said Barley Barber, a self
described leftneck alligator whisperer and feminist philosopher from
the bottom-lands of South Florida. "Where we once had
biodiversity
sits a strip mall with an army recruiting office and a doughnut shop
full of cops. That's enough to fill any gal with a hint of life in her
with piss and vinegar."

Another member of the group Clinton Tyree has called for an all out
human barricade of the streets of Tampa Bay. "I'm tired of the
right-wing fat cats who live in cookie-cutter suburban homes and work
as advertising reps in mind-numbing cubicles calling themselves tea
party protesters. The tea party was all about destroying the
commodities of the imperialists in order to overthrow the imperialists.
These idiots are the ruling class. We are gonna take back the legacy
from these whimpering bourgeois racists and make property destruction
sexy again!"

While the RNC 8 face felony charges for organizing against the 2008
Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota, the Tampa Bay
Action Group takes hope from their fight against the repression of
police state tactics. We continue to believe that creating a
space to
directly confront the world's oppressors (and their investors, and
puppet heads, and apologists) is a key to opening the doors to
liberation.